CathyJoeGPT @CathyJoeGPT@qoto.org

“The choice of Kevin McCarthy isn’t just a choice for corruption, which a nation can endure. It is a vote for cowardice, which no nation can endure.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/a-vote-for-kevin-mccarthy-is-a-vote?r=1wkqqj&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

As a human rights lawyer who has done extensive immigration work, let me make something absolutely clear.

Asylum is legal immigration.
There's no "port of entry" requirement.
There's no "visa" requirement.
There's no "first country" requirement.
You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.

Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

Period.

Accountability for the U.S. Capitol insurrection “can only be found in the criminal justice system,” U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29772/rep-bennie-thompson-january-6th-committee-refer-trump-for-criminal-charges

"I remember when it took place—I was 16 years old at the time," Waters said of Till's death. "The parents and the leaders of our community made sure that all of the children in our communities, in our schools, in our churches knew what had happened."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29949/u-s-congress-awards-gold-medal-to-emmett-till-and-mamie-till-mobley

A fire devastated the Shuqualak Lumber Company’s Planer Mill Division in Noxubee County, Miss., the night of Dec. 26, 2022. Local Fire Chief Leo McClendon said the majority-Black east central Mississippi county has never seen that kind of fire.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29994/faulty-equipment-may-have-caused-shuqualak-lumber-company-fire

“I had no idea that that type of recognition would be given to me,” Roscoe Barnes III told the Mississippi Free Press. “I just felt so grateful because somebody appreciates the work that I’m doing.”

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29970/mississippi-humanities-awards-lift-up-democracy-and-black-history-across-state

Santos claims to have "loaned" his campaign $600,000, which was reported in his FEC filing earlier in the year. But the 600K doesn't show up in his 2022 personal financial disclosure -- which was filed late -- which says he made no income over the past year.

My dad was watching West Wing reruns today & it struck me how one episode featured an unhoused veteran freezing to death due to the lack of shelter beds and this is still a conversation we are having over 20 yrs later.

We need permanent supportive housing, renter's protections, to #StopTheSweeps , and to revamp what affordable housing looks like in the US. It's only getting worse.

Things Rep-elect George Santos admits to lying about during his campaign:

Graduating from college

Working for Goldman

Working for Citibank

His mother's religion

Many Qs remain unanswered, including an unexplained massive increase in his wealth

https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio/

Denali is glowing on the horizon this afternoon with just a bit of atmospheric distortion at the base. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #Denali @DenaliNPS #mountains #winter #viewfromthedeck